We are deploying Windows 10 workstations using True Image.  I want to set browser default to IE, and PDF default to adobe.  
The 2 methods I researched are below.  In your opinion, should I build the defaults into the image, or just use GPO?  
Also,  if I choose to build the defaults into the image, will the OSD method work with Acronis True Image?  Or will I have to implement this a different way?


http://ccmexec.com/2015/09/making-ie-the-default-browser-in-windows-10-during-osd/

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/eb905851-b27f-4330-aa10-d7165c7a521f/switching-pdf-opening-from-edge-for-all-users?forum=win10itprogeneral

Nimble vs. Tegile storage.  Where would you lean now?  Want to hear opinions.
Smaller scale now.  Less than 100TB space for the data center space.

I am looking to use a  MY Cloud Pro 4100 series NAS box  for backing up  Windows Server\ SQL Data locally and then send it to Amazon S3 cloud. The servers I am talking about are 3 Windows servers

2 of the 3 servers are VM-* the servers do  have SQL databases

I  would like to backup  the data locally on the NAS and then send it to Amazon
Has anyone done this?

What I originally wanted to do was install the backup software on the NAS and  have the data back to it and then to the Amazon s3 cloud

I currently have a 3par array that needs to be re-sync'd with a remote site (another 3par) The bandwidth is not enough to replicate the data in a timely manner.
HP's solution is to create a read-only snapshot and use a block level backup solution to do the backup of the source. Transport the data to the site, and restore
the backup at the remote site. Then have the 3par connect and sync using remote copy. I need to find a backup product that will give me a block level backup of the data
that I can place on a usb drive. All of the data is VMDKs. Both sites are running 3pars connected to ESXi hosts.

Hi,

I use backup exec 16 to backup my local network.

I have a site-to-site VPN to MS Azure

in Azure I have a VM running the Veritas Backup Exec CAS Server

in local network I have a VM running the Veritas Backup Exec MMS Server

both the CAS and MMS have a local deduplication disk attached to them.

the MMS runs all backup jobs

each backup job runs to the Dedup disk on the MMS (local network) then DUPLICATES to the Dedup disk on the CAS (off site network in Azure).

what I did not understand until now was the performance issues this set up would cause.

the MMS uses the SQL Database on the CAS as its management database.

all queries it makes therefore go over the WAN

after days if not weeks of calls to Veritas off-shore support (which Is painful beyond words) confirmed this is by design.

this article describes the issue: https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/article.100034399

a potential solution I have thought of is it replicate the SQL database of the CAS to a SQL database in my local network - and for my MMS to connect to this local database.

I am sure this will not be a supported solution

has anyone had any similar experience?

many thanks

jack

Hi everyone:
                         I need to configure a tsm backup policy   with 5 years retention. Please can you help me with this?

Thanks in advance.

Hi Experts,

I use Dropbox to Sync files between a number of coworkers PCs.

Yesterday I set up a new PC.

I thought it would be a good idea to copy the Dropbox folder from one of the other PCs to the new one.

That turned out to be a disaster.

After installing Dropbox on the new PC, the number of subfolders in the Dropbox folder doubled.
So I now have folders with names like:

D:\Dropbox\Dropbox\Travel (Selective Sync Conflict)

this folder has some of the files duplicated from this folder:

D:\Dropbox\Dropbox\Travel

My problem now is that I can delete this folder, D:\Dropbox\Dropbox\Travel (Selective Sync Conflict).

But minutes later it reappears, presumably because it is on one or more other PCs.

How can I delete the Selective Sync Conflict folders permanently?

Regards,
Leigh

Hello community,

I have Googled this topic to death and I cannot find the solution to my problem.  Here is my setup:

Database Server 1:
SQL Server 2014 Developer
WIndows Server 2012 R2 Std

Backup Server 1:
SQL Server 2014 Developer
Windows Server 2012 R2 Std

Backup Server 2:
SQL Server 2014 Developer
Windows Server 2016 Std Eval

On Database Server 1, I have 3 databases: DB1, DB2, DB3.

I have created the following script to back each one up (one-at-a-time) to one of the backup servers:

Mapping Drives:

exec xp_cmdshell 'net use P: /delete'
GO
exec xp_cmdshell 'net use Q: /delete'
GO
exec xp_cmdshell 'net use P: \\192.168.0.200\Backup_F'
GO
exec xp_cmdshell 'net use Q: \\192.168.0.200\Backup_G'
GO
exec xp_cmdshell 'dir P:'
GO
exec xp_cmdshell 'dir Q:'
GO

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Actual Backup:

DECLARE 
@today nvarchar(20),
@DB_to_backup nvarchar(128) = 'DB1',
@PATH_FILE1 nvarchar(128) = 'P:\SS_BKP1',
@PATH_FILE2 nvarchar(128) = 'Q:\SS_BKP2',
@backup_type nvarchar(128) = 'diff' /* Specify 'full' or 'diff' */

SELECT @today = SUBSTRING(REPLACE(REPLACE(REPLACE(CONVERT (datetime2,GETDATE(),120),'-',''),':',''),' ','-'),0,16)

DECLARE 
@DISK1 nvarchar(256) = @PATH_FILE1 + '\' + @DB_to_backup + '\' + @DB_to_backup + '_' + @today + '_' + @backup_type + '_MTS4Mb_BufferCount22_file1_of_2.bak',
@DISK2 nvarchar(256) = @PATH_FILE2 + '\' + @DB_to_backup + '\' + @DB_to_backup + '_' + @today + '_' + @backup_type + '_MTS4Mb_BufferCount22_file2_of_2.bak'

PRINT @DISK1

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What are some best alternate for Carbonite back-up?

flicker how to make album and photstream privagte only to me


I tried below steps

https://www.google.com/search?q=flickr+how+to+make+album+private&rlz=1C1CHZL_enUS731US731&oq=flickr+how+to+make+album+private&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i64.6916j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8


Method 7 Flickr Desktop - Batch-editing Photos in an Album
Select “You”.
Click “Albums”.
Click on the album you want to edit.
Select “Edit in Organizer”. ...
Select “Batch Edit” the “Change Permissions”.
Choose “Only you (private)”.
Allow your friends and/or family to see your images. ...
Click “Change Permissions”.


It showed progress bar 100% and said thanks which make me think it is done


but when i go back it is still showing as public instead of private

how to make all my albums private rather than exposing them to entire world


also how to make my videos under photostream private

i wasted already 3 hours on this excersise but not solution yet
https://www.flickr.com/help/forum/en-us/72157631475086032/

above link says it cannot be done

"when I went back to the set in organizr, they were still marked as private."

You can't check the permissions in Organizer. It will only ever show you your account default setting.


also how to make auto uploader on my cell phone and windows desktop/laptop to make all photos automatically uploaded as private rather than public?

Please advise

Considering purchase of an NAS to back-up about 10 TB of data - any suggestions on the best way to proceed would be appreciated